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My current mobile phone is on it’s way out (dropping calls randomly, spotty reception…the usual suspects).  She’s served me well over the past 2 years, but it’s time for a change so I figured I’d see what you guys recommend.  I’m currently with Cingular (and have no intentions of changing carriers); these are the 3 phones I’m currently considering:

  • Siemens S66 — The price is spot on (99 bucks), and I was quite pleased with a previous Siemens phone I owned.  It’s also in the C|Net top 10 list.
  • Sony Ericsson S710 — Not a big fan of mail in rebates (100 bucks in this case), and at 200 bucks it’s 50 more than I want to spend, but this looks like a sweet phone.  Most of my a/v equipment is Sony as well, so the proprietary Memory Stick Duo would play nice with them.  I like the swivel feature as well, but the price + mail in rebate might be enough to change my mind.  Not in the C|Net top 10 list, and got a fairly decent (though not great) review.
  • Motorola RAZR V3 — Who doesn’t want this phone now that the price is actually affordable?  At 200 bucks it’s still a little more than I want to spend (but 200 bucks w/o the hassle of a mail in rebate, so it has that on the Sony).  In C|Net’s top 10 list of course…it’s a really slick phone.

What’s important to me in a mobile phone?

  • First and foremost, portability/size.  Must fit comfortably in my pocket.
  • Ease of use/consistency of menus.  This has always been a hurdle with me for phones; my current phone is dreadful in this department.
  • Multimedia, but only to a certain degree (meaning I don’t the latest games, etc).  I actually see myself using the video feature more than the camera feature, so that’s a plus as well.

So does anyone have one of these phones?  Have another phone that you absolutely love?  Cheers.


Posted Mon, Jul 18 2005 6:58 PM by Jayson Knight

Comments

mousse wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Tue, Jul 19 2005 10:38 AM
i've a siemens m56. i like it. it's got a lower res screen, i wouldn't get mine's camera attachment. check yours' memory available for pix, because mine's not got lots. i tried a trial netservice and bleah. got a usb cord instead, it's handy for recharging too. well thought out ui on mine, lotsa hotkeys and voicedial features.. i can't remember reading anyone bitch much about a siemens back when i was shopping. try and find a deal where you get some extras~
Shannon J Hager wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Tue, Jul 19 2005 5:23 PM
I can't recommend the Audiovox SMT 5600 highly enough. If you haven't held one, you probably think it is larger than it actually is. I steered away from it as long as possible because it isn't a flip but it more than makes up for that in size, features, and "geek toy" factors (even better is that nobody knows it is suck a geek toy because it doesnt' look like it at all). And you can code for it. If you're just going for a phone that looks great, the best look and feel of any phone I've played with (possibly ever) is the RAZR. I can't recommend it for you over the 5600 because you would use the 5600's OS and functionality more. If you just wanted a phone, go with the RAZR. If you ever drop your phones, get the silver RAZR. The black metal (on both the RAZR and the SMT 5600) is painted and dings tend to bling. My set-up: Cingular service w/unlimited MEdia internet plan (great deal, you need this), unlocked SMT 5600 (that I've hacked to make look like it came from Cingular, registry edits and all), and a 1GB mini-SD card. I hope I can score a WinMobile 2005 upgrade for it, I really don't want to throw it up on ebay in November.
Shannon J Hager wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Tue, Jul 19 2005 5:25 PM
forgot to mention, that SE s710 is hands down the worst of the phones we've bought in the last 6 months. Don't do it.
Jayson Knight wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Wed, Jul 20 2005 2:36 AM
@ Shannon If I'm reading the dimensions correctly from the Cingular site, the Audiovox is around the same size as the Sony...very impressive (also impressed at the price point!). I don't really need all the bells and whistles of a SmartPhone though...maybe next go round. It's interesting that you say that about the Sony...if you could provide a couple of examples that would rock! I've always been relatively impressed with Sony's consumer products, I wonder why they'd drop the ball on this phone? Maybe it's the Ericsson end of the partnership shining through? At this point, I'm probably gonna go w/ the RAZR...my current phone is a Motorola so the learning curve would be low, plus it's just a GORGEOUS phone man.
Shannon wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Sun, Jul 24 2005 6:11 AM
so did you get the the RAZR?
Jayson Knight wrote re: New Mobile Phone -- RFC
on Sun, Jul 24 2005 9:19 AM
I did indeed; it's in the mail, should be here by Monday...will post a review.

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